Having a visionary strategy steering by the EIF Board and its chairwoman @nadiacalvino.eib.org, the support of our shareholders as well as the oversight by a highly professional Audit Board brings results!

💡 Success breeds success. And when it does, the entire ecosystem benefits. I was reminded of this while reading last week’s article by Tech Funding News , on the “founder factory” effect.

📽️ Our video highlights this innovation in action:

Video: lnkd.in/da89g8Cz

TFN article: lnkd.in/d9Dn9Fax

🙋‍♀️ Looking ahead, the EIF will continue bolstering the innovation ecosystem, supporting ambitious fund managers, and focusing on pan-European investment initiatives driving the Capital Markets Union, working also with our banking and fintech partners in support of SMEs. Stay tuned in 2025!

📊 More than half of EIF’s 2024 activity was equity, hitting a record at €7.2bn - 28% increase from last year - supporting industries like #space, #deeptech, #greentech, #agritech, and #lifesciences.
🚀 To tackle the #scaleup financing gap, we bolstered #ETCI support, investing €2.1 billion.

💚 43% of EIF’s activity in 2024 was aimed at climate action & sustainability, up from 34% and 21% in previous years and

🌍 45% of our activity focused on #cohesion regions!

Snapshot of EIF in 2024: we deployed €14.4 billion through 376 transactions, expecting to mobilise 133.5bn for #SMEs, infrastructure and individuals in Europe.

🙌 We supported 365,000 European entrepreneurs, from seed to scale-up stages.